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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Led national team, advised, and presented to Senior Management and C-Suite Executives. Coordinated training for >200 engineers on RF network design process within Atoll and Planet. Conducted MLA and RFP negotiations with vendors, sourcing, architected multiple decision matrixes, and collaborated with leadership teams to spearhead multi-market, multi-vendor national network optimization and site build programs.• Developed business case for an $84M network capacity project saving $47M in CapEx and $14.5M in OpEx, presented to the CTO; directed project, aligned cost models, resources and deployment milestones with >100 cross-functional engineers nationwide.• Led project management processes, migration and deployment of company-wide RF network design software platform from Planet to Atoll with $15M capital spend saving $3.5M in CapEx and $1.25M in annual OpEx savings.• Created more effective budgeting and vendor software development, improved product mapping and decreased Atoll RF Design platform operational reporting time by 60%, reducing IT and vendor support response from weeks to only days, improving end-user experience.• Utilized Oracle DB code and Alteryx workflows reducing discrepancies between 7 independent departmental databases from an average of 15% down to less than 2% variance, reducing employee LOE to resolve data integrity issues from 5 business days to 1.• Developed innovative project management tool based on Earned Value Management, cutting network build timeline by 3 weeks using Alteryx ETL workflows to align budget projections against cell site deployment status.• Selected to participate in prestigious 1-year leadership program for hand-picked employees, sponsored by Sprint executives.• Utilized Atoll to deliver network coverage projections and build plans for 2018 - 2020 Sprint / T-Mobile merger to senior executive leadership ahead of schedule, meeting SEC, FCC, Homeland Security and Justice Department submission deadline.

Davenport, Ia

Directed, supported, and applied RF design and optimization processes to enhance and expand RF network footprint. Developed training activities and team development efforts for current and new engineers to advance corporate network market strategies. Applied financial management skills in the assessment of project feasibility, budgeting, and cost optimization for the execution of strategic RF systems project implementation activities.• Negotiated and secured oDAS design and leasing contracts for >300 nodes across several fiber networks.• Identified ROW locations with dark fiber networks and coordinated with network infrastructure teams and site surveys to secure annual OpEx savings of $9.5M.• Created and implemented standardized RFP decision matrices, reducing vendor selections by 6 - 8 weeks.• Utilized Planet and Atoll to design and optimize >275 voice / DO cell sites 3 months ahead of schedule, precipitating $11M in costs savings.• Created >200 site designs using Planet and Atoll, expanding regional greenfield network (encompassing four states) and in-footprint quality.• Improved user experience through network data analysis, resolving >75 trouble tickets over 12-month period.• Reviewed and updated technical documents routinely for RF Design and Optimization processes guidelines, enabling network designs to keep pace with technology advancements and meet network project management objectives.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Promoted from Sales and Technical Service Representative positions to lead operations for retail location with $1.3M annual revenue.• Sustained monthly inventory shrink of .0008% or less (approximately $7 or less) in inventory.• Established and led training of all local staff on handset operation, significantly reducing returns and exchanges.• Developed, launched, and facilitated customer relations training for >125 employees.